Yes Rob, my TX vertical feedpoint was closer to 7 ohm before it being
transformed to 50 ohm by means of a auto transformer style bottom coil and tap.
I have used a big fat relay with massive silver contacts, (it was used in a UPS
to switch battery banks) but with the actuator coil wires fed trough a choke.
So the whole relay was at RF potential, that way you do not need to worry about
coil/contact isolation spacing.
Raoul ZS1C
On Wednesday, December 11, 2019, 2:38:50 PM GMT+2, Rob Atkinson
<ranchorobbo@gmail.com> wrote:
Actually, if you have a quarter wave driven element and you are
disconnecting it at the feedpoint, your relay concern shouldn't be
voltage so much as current. Fast switching and large contact surface
is more important than voltage handling.
73
Rob
K5UJ
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